A reminder that the only thing a godly government does is judge and punish criminals.

There's a chiasm in Exodus 19:20 that illustrates the relationship God wants with his people. He came down to us and called us. Now he wants us to respond by willingly coming to meet him.

.A - YHVH came down on Mt Sinai
...B - On the top of the mountain
.....C - YHWH called Moses
...B - To the top of the mountain
.A - Moses went up

Does anyone else think its the Jubilee year? According to the Dead Sea Scrolls its the year 5950 on the Remembrance Day March 19.

https://dsscalendar.org/

Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow YHWH will do wonders among you."
Joshua 3:5

God is dangerous, especially to the unholy. The closer he is to you and the deeper you are in your divinely appointed mission, the holier you need to live. Not because he is angry or capricious, but because he is more powerful than all the stars in the universe.

And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”
Exodus 19:15 ESV

There is nothing sinful about being with your wife, but sexual activity makes one tamai (ritually unclean) and unsuitable for close approach to God. The preceding warnings indicate that this prohibition was for their physical safety, not for an object lesson or abstract moral principle with no tangible effect on the real world.

Shalom, friends,

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Meeting the 2nd Wednesday of each month
Next meeting: February 12 at 7:00 PM CT
Click to Connect through Zoom (Please do not click early): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87212812688
This monthly meeting will focus on the structure, tools and skills needed to run an effective home church that keeps its focus on our Messiah Yeshua and the Word of God. Meetings will present a topic for discipleship each month and leave time for open discussion of ideas related to that topic.

The meetings will be led by Pastor Andrew Manuse, First Fruits Ministries (an affiliate of CFM).

Question 350: Is Justification The Same Under The Old And New Dispensation?

Answer:

Justification is the act of YHVH and has ever been so, under both the Old and New Dispensations. Under the Old, those were accepted who rendered a faithful and willing obedience; thus we read, in Galatians 3:6, that Abraham believed YHVH and this belief (i.e., faith) was accounted to him for righteousness. Under the New Dispensation, Yeshua "came to bring life and immortality to light," that is, to give us a spiritual illumination which would disclose to man the great scheme of redemption ordained from the beginning. The contention, therefore, that none save those who are in the New Dispensation can attain immortality is untenable. Besides, the evidence of Scripture itself is against such a conclusion. Moses and Elijah were seen at the transfiguration. Paul held that while the race, as a whole, died in Adam's sin, as a whole it received life through Moshiach's redemptive work.

Question 349: Will The Jews Ever Return To Palestine?

Answer:

Will the Jews return to the Holy Land and will they ever, as a nation, acknowledge Moshiach as the Moshiach, is often asked and again it is sought to be known how they can be YHVH's chosen people when they reject Moshiach. There is no doubt that the Jews were YHVH's chosen people and Paul says (Romans 11:1) that He has not cast them off. In that and the two preceding chapters the apostle fully discusses the question. The prophets assure us that they will return to the Holy Land. There are predictions, dating before and during the captivity in Babylon, which were fulfilled when they returned under the edict of Cyrus, but there are others indicating a later and permanent restoration. The passages in Isaiah 2:2-4, Jeremiah 3:18, 16:14, 15; Ezekiel 36:24, 37:21, 25, 39:28 and many others have not yet been fulfilled. They will probably return in unbelief but will be converted later (see Romans 11:26).